Trek

Hi, Gavin here and I am being forced to recount my experiences at Trek.

Day One

I got up at five in the morning on June 27 and got dressed as a pioneer. I wore on of dads old work shirts, some DI dockers, old tennis shoes, a wide brimmed hat, and one of Grandpa Fowler's bolo ties.

At the Church we said a prayer and headed out on a bus. Everyone was a bit tired and bus was pretty quiet for the first few hours then as everyone woke up it started to get louder. A couple of people and I played a few rounds of mad libs (or whatever you call them). We stopped at Little America for a bathroom break and them continued on the road. We got to the 6th Crossing place we gathered up and found out which family we were in the people in the family were Alex Pittard,  James Coca, Weston Adams(Thor), Sarah Michealis, Alyssa Day, and Rachel Miller. Our Pa and Ma were the Lamberts (the green family). We set up our tents, ate dinner, did a little dancing , had family scripture study, then went to bed.

Day Two

We woke up to the sound of Brother Haskell bugling. We had breakfast and then got back in the bus and went over to Independence Rock. We hiked up to the top and had little devotional. We went over to Martins Cove and got all the stuff in the handcart and hiked up to the Cove. When we got to a small amphitheater we had another devotional and decided to be quiet the way up and back. It was cool to see the actual place were the pioneers were. We were told a story that President Hinkley was up there and they were trying to decided were the pioneers had been the lord came to him and showed him a place and said this is were the pioneers were. When we got back we had lunch at a pavilion nearby. We went to a place were there is a memorial of the four boys who helped people at the Martins Cove Sweetwater River Crossing. We all crossed the river silently and Kayden Melling and Mark Lindsey played songs on their violins. We then headed back to the bus the finally to camp. We had dinner then bed.

Day Three 

We woke up and breakfast as always then we did a couple mile hike to a clearing were we ate lunch then off to the Women's Pull. The Women's Pull was a experience were the men walked up to the top of a large hill and the women pulled the carts up it was like if one of the pioneer women's husband was away fighting or on a mission. After that we did a ten mile trek back to the campsite and on the way there were 3 or 4 river crossings and it was tons of fun. we had a devotional when we got back, then solo time were the pony express came and then had dinner then lights out.

Day Four

It was the last day we had breakfast then off to Rock Creek Hollow. We had a small devotional at the place were the burial was and then we had a testimony meeting. On the way to the amphitheater there is a giant rock that says Remember. On the way home the bus ran out of gas and we had to have on of the cars tow us into Little America. We got to the at about 6:30 and home about 7. 

I would like to thank all the people that made trek possible: The Larsens, The Yorgasons(Drink water!), the ma's and pa's, the missionaries, and everyone else!